Dreamweaver mx template wont update pages.

[thebigx webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

So i have a website and its all made in dreamweaver but everytime i update the template it wont update the rest of the pages.

I have defined a site and it recognizes the files but it wont update them.

Does anyone know what i can do. I can upload a picture of what is shown to me when i try and update if neccesary.

Thanks for the help

[tif25 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

This might seem like a really simple question... are you sure your pages attached to the template? Are you editing the template in a defined editable region? if so, the changes won't take place. Only changes in the non-editable regions will take place throughout the attached child documents.
A screen shot or more information might be helpful.

[dan the guy]

My suggestion is to start using ssi instead of templates. Then you only have to change one page one time and upload one page one time. It it much easier.

Good Luck.
&)

[thebigx webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Yes the pages are attached to the site but i am editing an editable region.

I am updateing my navigation bar perhaps and would like to add a new link. Perhaps i should remove the editable region from all sites.

Or is there another way to update all pages at once?

If i remove the editable region will all pages update?

Thank your for your help thus far.

What is ssi?

[tif25 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Editable regions are editable within the child documents and therefore will not be effected by changes made in the template. If you edit a non-editable region, that change will take place on all the child documents. Basically, all the areas you have to define and can touch on the child documents will not change if you edit the same area on the template.
I would suggest that if the navigation is not going to change on every page, make that a non-editable area. Therefoer you can add more nav and change links on the fly without worrying about consistency.
I hope that helped.

[thebigx webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

thanks for the help!

My site is [url]www.tbxr.com[/url] by the way

[nospam]

Well, something else that I found out too is not to make the entire page an
editable region. Anything in an editable region WILL NOT be updated when you
make a change to the parent template. This is a lesson I won't forget
anytime soon.

R


"tif25" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> This might seem like a really simple question... are you sure your pages

attached to the template? Are you editing the template in a defined editable
region? if so, the changes won't take place. Only changes in the
non-editable regions will take place throughout the attached child
documents.

> A screen shot or more information might be helpful.
>
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